Climate averages 1991–2020
Pitalito weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Pitalito: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 227 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Florencia (56 km away). In December its highs average 27.2°C, 4.0°C warmer than Pitalito, with 143 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Pitalito ranks 34th of 46 for the warmest December highs and 39th of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; Pitalito is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 227 mm to 209 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Pitalito climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 209 | 27.0 | 12.012 h |
| February | 23.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 237 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| March | 23.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 315 | 30.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 329 | 29.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 22.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 307 | 30.6 | 12.212 h |
| June | 21.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 321 | 29.5 | 12.212 h |
| July | 20.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 316 | 30.3 | 12.212 h |
| August | 21.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 231 | 28.8 | 12.212 h |
| September | 22.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 200 | 28.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 23.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 230 | 30.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 23.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 218 | 29.1 | 12.012 h |
| December, selected | 23.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 227 | 29.1 | 12.012 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Florencia in DecemberColombia · 56 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 143 mm rain
- Popayán in DecemberColombia · 90 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.6°C · 292 mm rain
- Neiva in DecemberColombia · 147 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Pasto in DecemberColombia · 154 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 221 mm rain
- Cali in DecemberColombia · 183 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 364 mm rain
- Yumbo in DecemberColombia · 198 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 364 mm rain
- Ipiales in DecemberColombia · 210 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 269 mm rain
- Tulcán in DecemberEcuador · 218 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 9.8°C · 269 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Pitalito) is explained once on the Pitalito year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.